Combined hand and stand mirror.



PATENTED MAY 7,, 1907.

Y J A WRIGHT & W F ONEILL COMBINED HAND AND STAND MIRROR.

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JOHN A. WRIGHT, OF IRWIN, AND WILLIAM F. ONEILL, OF WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May '7, 1907.

Application filed June 26, 1906. Serial No. 323,448.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN A. WRIGHT, residing at Irwin, in the county of Westmoreland, and WILLIAM F. ONEILL, residing at Wilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Hand and Stand Mirror, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The object of the invention is to provide a combination hand and stand mirror wherein the glass and its immediate mounting are designed with special reference to hand use, being in fact a hand mirror, the construction being such that it may be detachably mounted on a base for stand or stationary use.

A further object is to provide for quickly and conveniently applying the hand mirror to the base and for removing the same there from, and to so assemble the parts that the stand-sustained mirror may be turned or adjusted at the convenience of the user.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an improved combination mirror. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the glass and its handle detached from the base for hand use. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the stand and the handle mounting. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the stand or base element. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view, taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 8.

Referring to the drawing, 2 designates the handle which may be of any convenient conventional design, and mounted thereon in any convenient manner is the mirror proper or glass 3. The form of mounting here shown, and the one which we prefer, is constructed inaccordance with the Wright & Curry patent, No. 631,033, August 15, 1899, and consists of a spring-metal frame 4, having clips 5 pivoted or trunnioned to its opposite sides between which the glass is clamped and held by the pressure of the frame sides. This form of support provides for sustaining a bare or unframed glass, and the trunnioned clips permit of the same being turned and inclined at the convenience of the user, this adjustment'being maintained by the pressure of frame 4, and being available for both hand and stand use. Frame 4 may conveniently be secured to the handle by being formed with a central downward loop or bend 4, through which screw 6 extends into the end of handle 2.

The outer or lower end of the handle is formed with a longitudinal bore or socket 7 adapted to fit down loosely on or over post or pin 8 projecting from a suitable base 9, the post being preferably threaded and detachably connected to the base, as shown. The base is made sufficiently heavy to avoid danger of tipping when sustaining the mirror. Socket 7 is preferably provided withjiai6 5 lining sleeve 10 to prevent undue wear and also to afford a smooth surface for contact with post 8, so that handle 2 may be readily turned on the post to either the right or left or completely around, at the convenience of the user. This means of adjustment, together with the angular adjustment afforded by pivoted clips 5, permit of the immediate positioning of the glass as may be required for stand use. Even though thus mounted and in convenient position at all times for stand use, handle 2 may be grasped and the glass lifted from the base for hand use, leaving the base on the dresser or other support in position to receive the glass upon the termination of the hand use.

While the post and socket union between the handle and base is probably the simplest and most eflicient form of detachable connection, the invention is not limited thereto as it may be variously embodied without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims. L

We claim 1. The combination of a base, a post proj ecting upwardly therefrom, a handle having its lower end recessed upwardly to form a socket which loosely embraces the post, and

a mirror mounted on the handle.

a grasping handle recessed at one end to form In testimony whereof We aflix our signaa socketfor detachably embracing the post, and a mirror mounted on the handle. tures in presence of two witnesses.

4. The combination of a supporting post JOHN A WRIGHT circular in cross-section, a grasping handle WILLIAM F UNEILL having a socket circular in cross-section in v one end thereof adapted to loosely fit and rotate on the post, and a mirror mounted on the handle.

Witnesses:

THOMAS MILES, M. A. KLINGENSMITH. 

